In searching for a second baseman, Red Sox president of baseball operations Dave Dombrowski returned to a player he knew well with the acquisition of Ian Kinsler from the Los Angeles Angels late Wednesday night.
While running the Detroit Tigers, Dombrowski traded for Kinsler before the 2014 season and saw him make the All-Star team and help lead the Tigers into the playoffs. Now Kinsler will join a strong Red Sox team that needed an upgrade at second, particularly defensively. Kinsler should provide that.
“He’s been playing extremely well for an extended time period. He’s been hitting well.